Social security and health care

 Social security and health care Medical treatment can be expensive in France. If you wish to benefit from health insurance different organisms exist according to your situation in life. If you are a farmer, do farming or forestry work, are a landscape gardener, rural artisan or farm worker, and even if you do temporary work harvesting, you come under : La Mutualité Sociale Agricole (MSA) 12, avenue Bujault 79042 Niort cedex Tel : 05 49 06 30 30 ‐ Fax : 05 49 06 30 49 www.msa79.fr If you are an artisan, shopkeeper, or have a liberal profession etc, then you come under the Assurance Maladie des Professions Independantes : Maladie des Professions Indépendantes in Niort 447 avenue de Limoges CS 78712 ‐ 79027 Niort Cedex www.le‐rsi.fr It is not necessary to make an appointment to see someone from the RSI in Niort, they are open from Monday ‐ Friday, 8h30‐16h30. Otherwise you can see someone in Parthenay, on the first Monday of every month at : Espace Entreprendre en Gâtine 1 rue Abrantes 79200 Parthenay If you are looking for work, employed, or retired, you would come under the general scheme at the Caisse Primaire d’Assurance Maladie (CPAM) : Caisse Primaire d’Assurance Maladie (CPAM) 1 rue de l'Angélique BESSINES ‐ 79041 Niort cedex 9 Tél : 3646 ‐ To find out more www.ameli.fr 43
In Parthenay : from Monday to Thursday : 9h ‐ 12h and 13h30 ‐ 16h30. Centre hospitalier 13 rue Brossard 79200 Parthenay To speak to an English switchboard operator : Tél. 0 811 36 36 46 If you do not have health coverage, please contact the CPAM who will study your situation and will direct you to the appropriate office : Couverture Maladie Universelle (C.M.U.,) private companies where you would pay, RSI, MSA… Caisse Primaire d’Assurance Maladie (CPAM) Parc d'activités de l'Ebaupin 1 rue de l'Angélique BESSINES ‐ 79041 Niort cedex 9 Tél : 3646 ‐ To find out more www.ameli.fr Take with you : ‐ Your S1 (which you will have got from England) ‐ A photocopy of your passport or identity card ‐ A copy of your full birth certificate translated by a sworn translator ‐ Your RIB found at the back of your cheque book which contains your bank details You might be issued with a carte VITALE which contains personal information, your name, and insurance number. This card is to be shown when going to the doctor, chemist, hospital... In each of the different organisms somebody will be able to advice you : la Mutualité Sociale Agricole (MSA) : www.msa79.fr l’Assurance Maladie des Professions Indépendantes : www.le‐rsi.fr la Caisse Primaire d’Assurance Maladie des Deux‐Sèvres : www.ameli.fr There exists a local help line for those suffering from Cancer : Cancer Support Deux‐Sèvres and Vendee Email : [email protected] ‐ Tel : 05.49.64.59.96 Contact address : La Groie, 79340 St Germier e‐mail : [email protected] website : www.cancersupportfrance.info Last update February 2013
Informations et renseignements :
Mme Julia SALVAT ‐ Pays de Gâtine
Accueil des populations Nord‐Européennes
Tél : 05.49.64.25.49 / Mail : [email protected]
Pays de Gâtine, 46 bd Edgar Quinet
BP 505 – 79208 Parthenay Cedex
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